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She was then reunited with her family and taken home. She was said to be "shaken-up but otherwise unhurt".

An eye-witness said: "It looked like the person and a dog had become stranded by the tide and they sent a dinghy out to rescue them. They could have been on sandbank but from where we were it looked as though they were standing in the water. Quite a large crowd of people had gathered to watch as the rescuers went out and got them safely onto the dinghy."

Woman saved by coastguard and RNLI teams at West Shore in Llandudno (Image: Llandudno Coastguard)

Llandudno Coastguard said on Facebook: "The casualty was extremely lucky not to have been swept off her feet and we estimate that she had less than five minutes before the amount of water would have been too great to be able to stand.

"We would like to thank those who did dial 999 and asked for the coastguard and urge that if you do spot anyone in danger at the sea or on the coast that you also do the same."